[02:03] <Theo_> hello
[02:06] <lks> anyone how to configure the microphone to work
[02:06] <lks> cheers
[02:14] <Billll> moo
[03:03] <sunaboz1>  is curl faster than wget for http and ftp downloads? or just the same
[03:04] <hads> The variable is your connection, so, the same.
[03:05] <sunaboz1> thanks, I'll just get the frontend for wget then
[03:35] <xinooo> why only one cpu is shown in system monitor, while it's actually a AMD 64 dual core ?
[04:03] <Genelyk> uhmm
[04:04] <Genelyk> why installed xubuntu in  64 x2
[04:05] <TheSheep> Genelyk: why not?
[04:10] <coldhak> there used to be a utility that would diagram graphically how disk space was used, but i don't have it since i reinstalled. anybody know of anything like that?
[04:11] <TheSheep> coldhak: baobab
[04:11] <TheSheep> coldhak: it's juts not displayed in the menu, should be there
[04:11] <TheSheep> just run it from terminal
[04:12] <coldhak> not there, but i'm installing it
[04:13] <coldhak> ah, that's exactly what i wanted. thanks
[04:24] <anusha> how to create shortcuts of pidgin on desktop
[04:29] <zoredache> anusha: right click on the desktop choose create launcher..  In the run field enter 'pidgin'
[04:34] <anusha> zoredache: no it is not coming.i want to create the shortcuts on my desktop.i tried it by using right click but i wasnt working.so what should i now
[04:37] <zoredache> does anything show up when you right click on the desktop?
[04:37] <zoredache> is there anything on the desktop right now?
[04:41] <anusha> on right click na it is just opening the file
[04:42] <zoredache> anusha: when you right click.  Make sure your pointer isn't over any existing icons
[04:43] <anusha> zoredache: it is not displaying anything .it opens as if u r left clicking on it
[04:53] <magic_ninja> any security gurus in here
[04:54] <magic_ninja> for some reason i have two users logged in, but it does'nt show who the other user is, like they are hiding from the "who" command
[04:59] <zoredache> why do you think you have two users logged in?
[05:03] <magic_ninja> zoredache, because i do, its not that i have another tty logged in or a pts, its a user that the 'who' command does not show, this is what is worrying me
[05:03] <zoredache> what tool is showing the other user?
[05:05] <cody-somerville> Another command to look at logged in users is the users command
[05:05] <zoredache> have you tried at looking at the output of 'lsof'?
[05:06] <magic_ninja> zoredache, anything in particular to grep it for
[05:07] <magic_ninja> dhclient3 8666        dhcp  cwd   unknown                                /proc/8666/cwd (readlink: Permission denied)
[05:07] <magic_ninja> that looks suspicous
[05:08] <zoredache> use a 'grep -v' and exclude things that you know you started
[05:09] <magic_ninja> zoredache, can you explain a little more please?
[05:11] <zoredache> well lets say you where running apache.   grep -v 'www-data' would filter out everything running under the www-data account
[05:14] <magic_ninja> i see, so i pinpoint things running to see what might be strange
[05:14] <magic_ninja> there is no way to show a hidden user?
[05:15] <zoredache> If your system hasn't be hacked there shouldn't be hidden users
[05:16] <zoredache> I am still curious what you are looking at or doing that makes you think ther e is a hidden user
[05:16] <magic_ninja> when i rebooted, i noticed that i had two users going and the other user is hidden, i ran rkhunter and got some output about root account being enabled from sshd, and i shouldn't be running an sshd in the first place
[05:17] <magic_ninja> so i'm trying to track down what the hell is going on with this mystery user
[05:17] <magic_ninja> sorry about the language
[05:17] <zoredache> you noticed how?
[05:19] <magic_ninja> gkrellm
[05:20] <magic_ninja> i had this problem on my old box,  i got a new computer a month or so ago and had no problems, then today i noticed this was happening again
[05:21] <magic_ninja> at times my internet will run slow, really slow, i'll reset the connection and it works fine for a while
[05:21] <magic_ninja> mabye i should try a reboot with no network and see what happens with the mystery user
[05:21] <zoredache> I guess
[05:22] <magic_ninja> my cpu usage randomly goes through the roof for a while, mabye i'm just being paranoid but i find it all put together quite suspicous
[05:22] <zoredache> when you said you shouldn't be running sshd.  Do you mean that you hever installed openssh-server?
[05:22] <zoredache> if sshd is running and you didn't install openssh-server then I would start there
[05:24] <magic_ninja> i already removed the ssh server and shutoff the sshd
[05:25] <zoredache> and you are certain you aren't just seeing a bug in gkrellm?
[05:25] <magic_ninja> is there another program type of system monitor that will show that
[05:27] <magic_ninja> i'll be right back
[05:30] <magic_ninja> zoredache, it restarted with one user
[05:32] <magic_ninja> and i have firestarter monitoring network connections
[05:33] <magic_ninja> got an interesting tidbit
[05:34] <zoredache> ?
[05:35] <magic_ninja> well
[05:35] <magic_ninja> i found an ipp address, and a whois returned some interesting info on a computer in china
[05:39] <magic_ninja> sorry about that
[05:42] <magic_ninja> well from what i'm gathering, its showing a portscan/intrusion attempt from china, but i'm no security expert, but a linux box is a sweet target
[06:02] <magic_ninja> zoredache, they are coming from china and africa, i found some alot of sites that showed them as intrusion attempts
[06:02] <magic_ninja> various ports, both tcp and udp
[06:09] <zoredache> is your computer directly connected to the internet?
[06:09] <zoredache> if you are on the internet you are going to get scanned a lot....
[06:17] <coldhak> shell is complaning about ^M on the bang line, is that the \r or the \n?
[06:18] <zoredache> I would guess the \r
[06:20] <coldhak> thanks :)
[08:03] <theeyealtering> Does anyone know the command to bring up the Places menu, I want to bind a keyboard shortcut to it?
[08:56] <sunabozu> any recommended best LAN filesharing tool for Ubuntu and Windows?
[09:00] <theeyealtering> Samba is the standard tool I think. Look at this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605
[09:03] <TheSheep> ssh with avahi maybe...
[09:03] <TheSheep> or sftp with avahi
[09:03] <TheSheep> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=218630
[09:51] <sunabozu> can't make it work, samba is just overwhelming
[09:53] <TheSheep> !swat
[10:07] <sunabozu> TheSheep: I found p300 and it's really good, wooho java!
[11:19] <sunabozu> any guide on making bittorrent work?
[11:20] <sunabozu> I've tried lots of clients for ubuntu, I'm still having < 2KB/s, I've just installed 7.10
[11:24] <arf`> sunabozu: 2kB/s is a sort of working :)
[11:29] <Carouselbeast> Hello there! Can anyone tell me how to change my keyboard layout in xubuntu?
[11:30] <Carouselbeast> And why should I not install flashplugin-nonfree ?
[11:40] <jokoon> because its not open source
[11:41] <Carouselbeast> And how do I change my keyboard layout?
[11:55] <D--> Carouselbeast: Application>Settings>Settings Manager>Keyboard>Layouts
[11:55] <D--> Uncheck the "X" option and pick something else.
[11:56] <D--> As for flashplugin-nonfree, you should not install it because if you do that, all your flash content will display correctly. Ideology is more important than compatibility.
[12:00] <Carouselbeast> Thank you
[12:00] <Carouselbeast> worked
[16:00] <magic_ninja> this isn't normal
[16:00] <magic_ninja> i've been getting portscans on my comp all night
[16:03] <Myrtti> hate to burst the bubble, but that's what Internet is nowadays
[16:03] <magic_ninja> really?
[16:03] <magic_ninja> thats weak
[16:16] <cody-somerville> magic_ninja, are you the same guy that was worried about someone being logged into your computer last night?
[16:17] <magic_ninja> cody-somerville, yea, i got it figured out
[16:17] <magic_ninja> cody-somerville, never realized how bad it is nowadays
[16:17] <magic_ninja> cody-somerville, found a bug in gkrellm though :-)
[16:18] <cody-somerville> magic_ninja, whats the bug number?
[16:18] <magic_ninja> not sure
[16:18] <magic_ninja> when you log into another tty, then log back out gkrellm shows 2 users still
[16:18] <cody-somerville> magic_ninja, and I assumed you reported that?
[16:18] <magic_ninja> cody-somerville, na i need too though
[18:53] <slow-motion> hi
[18:58] <morslok> I have a problem with my font size in xubuntu 8.04, all the letters are too big and as a result I can't see everything on the screen.
[18:59] <morslok> i just installed today on an old desktop system with onboard video, it's an hp
[21:37] <Guest98084> Anybody using an EEE?
[21:39] <cody-somerville> not I
[21:47] <Truefire> I'm using an Asus EEE...
[21:47] <Truefire> and I got it small enough with Xubuntu to have everything I need, with 630mb to spare.
[21:49] <Truefire> I obviously added programs, such as Warzoine 2100, OpenOffice, VLC, Audatious, Skype, Netbeans, Geany...
[21:49] <Truefire> ...and wine.
[21:49] <Truefire> but it is the 4g..
[21:50] <Truefire> I doubt the 2g eee is useful
[21:50] <Truefire> unless you use puppy, :p
[21:51] <Truefire> I'll be writing about the EEE on my site, 'http://www.easygeek.org'
[21:52] <TheSheep> Truefire: you can fit a usable linux distro in 256MB
[21:52] <TheSheep> Truefire: of course it involves soem heavy hacking
[21:53] <TheSheep> I guess (x)ubuntu is not the best starting point for that
[22:24] <slow-motion> n8
[22:51] <xaer0> hellos
[22:52] <xaer0> cody-somerville: you around?
[22:52] <xaer0> or anyone of the marketing team?
[22:52] <cody-somerville> I'm here
[22:53] <xaer0> i have a thought that maybe useful
[22:54] <xaer0> i just posted it in the xubuntu-users email group
[22:55] <xaer0> under xaer0knight@gmail.com
[22:59] <xaer0> something like that for Xubuntu.. mostly those who love Xubuntu that are willing to ship CDs out for free
[22:59] <xaer0> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/Information
[23:08] <xaer0> so any comments?
[23:09] <cody-somerville> Interesting
[23:10] <xaer0> ya i thought it might be good for a distro like Xubuntu... because most of the light weight distros you have to pay for or download (some people dont have access to faster internet)
[23:11] <xaer0> that and the fact Ubuntu is so popular now, also you can get it at Circity City with 60days of live telephone tech support for 19 bucks
[23:12] <xaer0> or was it best buy
[23:14] <xaer0> i thought it maybe fun or a good project to Alpha or Beta awhile.. a Free Xubuntu CD Program.
[23:14]  * cody-somerville nods.
[23:15] <xaer0> well keep it in mind i guess.. :-D
[23:15] <xaer0> every idea is a good idea to someone :L)
[23:15] <xaer0> well i go to go.. wanted to get that off my chest :-D
[23:15]  * xaer0 = dinner time